JPH024938B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Technical Field of the Invention> The present invention relates to an improvement in a display method in a text processing device, and more particularly, in a text processing device such as a Japanese word processor, homophones converted into kana-kanji are displayed. The present invention relates to a display method in a text processing device that displays reference word groups such as synonyms, idioms, proverbs, etc. that serve as references for text creation in a manner that facilitates text editing.

<Technical background of the invention and its problems> In general, during the creation of sentences, groups of words such as homophones, synonyms, idioms, and proverbs that serve as reference for writing sentences (hereinafter referred to as reference word groups) ) may want to select and use one word or phrase.

For example, in a Japanese word processor, many homonyms are output as a result of kana-kanji conversion processing, and it is necessary to select a desired word from among this group of words.

Taking the phrase ``kakino'' as an example, as a result of the kana-kanji conversion process, four types of frequently used phrases are output: ``summer/summer/below/persimmon'', and from these, the desired one is output. The conventional processing procedure for obtaining a conversion result is, for example, as shown in Fig. 1a to Fig. 1d, a poor input is made [Fig. 1a],
Next, according to the conversion instruction for ``Kakino'', the first candidate ``Summer'' is displayed in the sentence [Figure 1b], and if this first candidate is not accurate, the second candidate is displayed according to the next candidate instruction. The candidate ``summer'' is displayed in the sentence [Figure 2 c], and if the second candidate is also incorrect, the third candidate ``below'' is displayed in the sentence by the next candidate instruction. Figure 2 d], the correct answer is ``below''.

For this reason, with this type of conventional device, the operation is troublesome for the operator, as it is difficult to know how many times the next candidate instruction will be given before the correct answer will come out.

In addition, other conventional devices have been proposed that display reference word groups such as homonyms in a so-called system area at the bottom of the display screen other than the text display area, but in this case, the target words in the text are Since the display position of the reference word group is far from the display position, there are problems such as the operator's line of sight having to move considerably in order to select the desired word or phrase.

<Objective of the Invention> The object of the present invention is to provide a display method in a text processing device that eliminates the above-mentioned problems and is suitable for operability and text editing. a first storage means for storing information on a sentence being created; a second storage means for storing a reference word group corresponding to a character to be converted from a dictionary at the time of writing the sentence; and a second storage means for storing information in the first storage means. and a window controller for displaying a group of reference words stored in the second storage means in a window on a display screen of the display means. further includes a holding means for holding the display position of the character to be converted in the sentence being created displayed on the display means, and a holding means for holding the display position of the window displaying the reference word group based on the holding means. The apparatus includes a position determining means for determining a nearby position, and is configured to display the reference word group stored in the second storage means in the vicinity of the sentence being created displayed on the display means.

<Embodiments of the Invention> The present invention will be described below by taking as an example the display of a group of homophones as a result of kana-kanji conversion by a Japanese word processor.

Before entering into a detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, the multi-window display technology that forms the background of the present invention will be explained first.

Multi-window display technology is a technology that displays multiple types of information simultaneously on the display terminal device of information equipment.
It becomes possible to view two or more types of information simultaneously on the same display. In this case, since two or more types of screens are overlapped at the same time, a necessary portion of the display content of one screen may be hidden by the display of the other screen.

To avoid this, these windows can be moved anywhere on the display screen and deleted at any time according to the user's instructions.

Next, a specific example for realizing the multi-window display function will be described, but various means for realizing the multi-window display function can be considered, and the present invention is not limited to this.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the principle of a multi-window display function in a so-called bitmap CRT.

In Fig. 2, 10 is a central processing unit (CPU), 11 is a CRT controller (CRTC),
12 is a window controller (WDC) included in the CRTC 11; 13 is a frame memory for several screens having storage elements corresponding to the CRT display dot by dot; 14, 15, and 16 are each one screen forming the frame memory 13. 17 is the CRT display screen.

Also, the addresses p ₁ , q ₁ , r ₁ , s ₁ and u ₁ , v ₁ , w ₁ ,
x ₁ is the address of the four corners of each window in frame memories 15 and 16, respectively, and each of these address information is sent to the window controller (WDC).
12.

Also, the addresses p ₂ , q ₂ , r ₂ , s ₂ and u ₂ , v ₂ , w ₂ ,
x ₂ are the above addresses p ₁ , q ₁ , r ₁ , s ₁ and u ₁ , respectively.
These are the addresses of the four corners of each window on the CRT screen 17 corresponding to v ₁ , w ₁ , and x ₁ , and each of these address information is also sent to the window controller (WDC) above.
12.

Furthermore, the above window controller (WDC) 1
2 holds display priority information between each window, and in the example shown in Figure 2, uvwx,
pqrs order, i.e. frame memory 16, 15, 14
The display priority is maintained so that it is displayed in the order of .

In the above configuration, the CRT controller (CRTC) 11 stores window address information of the frame memories 15 and 16 held by the window controller (WDC) 12,
Based on each window address information and display priority information on the CRT screen 17, each frame memory 14, 15, and 16 in the frame memory 13 is appropriately selected, the stored contents are read out, and the contents are displayed on the CRT screen 17. will be displayed as shown in Figure 2.

Furthermore, by appropriately rewriting each of the above information held by the window controller (WDC) 12 according to instructions from the CPU 10, the display on the CRT screen 17 can be easily changed as shown in FIGS. 3a to 3c. becomes possible.

That is, by rewriting the window address on the frame memory 13, display scrolling within the window becomes possible. For example, by raising the window addresses u ₁ , v ₁ , w ₁ , x ₁ by one line (by increasing each y-coordinate of the window address by -1 line), the display scrolling in the window as shown in FIG. 3a is performed. .

Furthermore, by rewriting the window address on the CRT screen 17, the window can be moved. For example, window addresses u ₂ , v ₂ , w ₂ , x ₂
By raising the value by one line (decreasing each y-coordinate of the window address by one line), the window on the CRT screen 17 is moved as shown in FIG. 3b.

Furthermore, change the priority order of windows, for example, change the priority order of window addresses to p, q, r, s,
By changing the order of u, v, w, x, the display can be changed as shown in FIG. 3c.

By using multi-window display technology in this way, even when the screen display is drastically changed as shown in FIGS.
There is no need to rewrite the dot patterns within 4 to 16, and the window controller (WDC) 12
It is only necessary to rewrite a few parameters such as the window address held within.

Therefore, the display changes as shown in FIGS. 3a to 3c can be made in a short time within one frame time (usually about 1/30 second), and therefore do not give the user any sense of strangeness.

Note that even with a normal display device that does not have a multi-window display function, the contents of the frame memory 14 can be rewritten each time, so that the images shown in FIGS.
It is possible to change the display shown in . Note that in this case, it takes more time to switch the display than when using multi-window display technology.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention using the above-described display technology will be described in detail.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a Japanese word processor.

In FIG. 4, 50 is a central processing unit (CPU), 51 is a CRT controller (CRTC),
52 is this CRT controller (CRTC) 51
A window controller (WDC) 53 is provided within the CRT, and 53 is a frame memory with a storage capacity equivalent to several screens corresponding to each dot displayed on the CRT.
4 and 55 are frame memories for one screen each forming the frame memory 53, and 57 is a frame memory for one screen.
This is a CRT display screen. Also, 58 is a keyboard,
59 is a dictionary for kana-kanji conversion or a dictionary that includes synonyms, idiomatic phrases, proverbs, etc., which will be described later. 60
is a character generator, 61 is a character code buffer memory corresponding to the frame memory 53, and this character code buffer memory 61 has character code buffer memory sections 62 and 63 corresponding to the frame memories 54 and 55, respectively. have. Further, 64 is a screen position indicating device such as a mouse or a light pen.

In the above configuration, when kana information is inputted from the keyboard 58, the inputted kana characters are sent to the character code buffer 62 via the CPU 50.
At the same time, the character pattern is read out from the character generator 60 and written into the frame memory 54.
4 is displayed on the display screen 57 (FIG. 5a).

Note that the window controller 52 includes a CPU 5.
0, the display priority order between windows is set so that the frame memory 55 has priority over the frame memory 54 (step n1 in FIG. 6).

Assuming that character information as shown in Figure 4 is now stored in the character code buffer 62 and the kana-kanji conversion process up to "...estimate" has been completed, the kana information "kakino" input after that will be converted. An index indicating this is stored in the character code buffer 61 (the index is indicated by an arrow).

Next, when the conversion key on the keyboard 58 is operated for kana-kanji conversion processing (step n2 in Figure 6),
The CPU 50 grasps the conversion target position on the display screen 57 (n3), here the display position of "ka" in "kaki no" is grasped, and the address position information is held in the WDC 52 as _p2 . . Next, the character code of the character string to be converted in the character code buffer memory 62 is recognized as "kakino" based on the above-mentioned index (n4), and this character string is used as an index for kana-kanji conversion. Dictionary 5
9 is retrieved (n5), the character code string of the homophone group corresponding to "Kakino" is retrieved from the dictionary 59 (n6), and the character code string of the homophone group is written to the character code buffer memory 63. (n7) In this example, multiple kanji strings (``summer'', ``summer'', ``below'',
"Kakino") is read from the dictionary 59 and written into the character code buffer memory 63.

Next, according to the character code string written in the character code buffer memory 63, the character pattern of the homophone group is read out from the character generator 60 (n8) and written in the frame memory 55 (n9). ). The CPU 50 determines the size of the window based on the amount of homophone groups (length and number of one word) (n10), and sets the window address p ₁ , q ₁ , r ₁ , s ₁ on the memory 55 is written to the window controller (WDC) 52 (n11). Next, the display screen 57
Window address based on the target position above
Determine p ₂ , q ₂ , r ₂ , and s ₂ . That is, by adding the window addresses p ₁ , q ₁ , r ₁ , s ₁ on the memory 55 to the conversion target position address p ₂ grasped in step n3, (p ₁ +p ₂ →p ₂ , q ₁ +p ₂ q ₂ , p ₁ + r ₂
→r ₂ , s ₁ +p ₂ →s ₂ , window address p ₂ , q ₂ ,
r ₂ and s ₂ are determined (n12). In this case, if the determined window address p ₂ , q ₂ , r ₂ , s ₂ exceeds the display screen 57, it is limited to the maximum value, and the window address on the memory 55 is Addresses p ₁ , q ₁ , r ₁ , s ₁ are modified.

In this example, the y coordinates of addresses r ₂ and s ₂ are limited to the maximum value, and the address
The y coordinates of r ₁ and s ₁ are corrected to a value that is one line higher than the value determined by the amount (number) of homophone groups. The window address p ₂ determined in step n12 above,
q ₂ , r ₂ , and s ₂ are written to the window controller 52 (n13).

The CRT controller (CRTC) 51 displays the contents of the frame memory 53 on the display screen 57 as described above based on the window address information stored in the window controller (WDC) 52.
The homophone group displayed above is near (directly beside) the sentence being created according to the multi-window display function.
are displayed all at once as shown in FIG. 5b.

By checking this display, the operator can immediately confirm that the correct answer "below" exists in the third position, and then selects this third candidate using the coordinate indicating device 64 such as a light pen or a mouse. It becomes possible to select it immediately. Furthermore, even when the coordinate indicating device 64 is not used, the keyboard 58
Operate the next candidate key above (n15), lower the window address p ₁ , q ₁ , r ₁ , s ₁ by one line and set it to WDC52.
By writing in (n16), the next candidate can be displayed right next to the sentence being created, and by repeating this operation, it is possible to display the desired candidate right next to the sentence being created. Figure 5 c, d].

In addition, as already explained, the display screen can be changed as shown in Figure 5 e and f.
50, the window addresses p ₂ , q ₂ ,
This can be easily done by rewriting r ₂ , s ₂ or p ₁ , q ₁ , r ₁ , s ₁ , and the correct candidate can be selected using this method.

Furthermore, the above method can also be used when the number of homophones is too large to be displayed at once.

The above is the display operation of homophones in kana-kanji conversion, but the display of reference words such as synonyms, inertial phrases, proverbs, etc., which is a modified embodiment of the present invention, will be explained.

In the kana-kanji conversion process shown in FIG. ” are searched and written into the character code buffer memory 63, and according to the contents of this memory 63, character patterns are read out from the character generator 60 and written into the frame memory 55. Thereafter, window addresses p ₁ , q ₁ , r ₁ , s ₁ , p ₂ , q ₂ , r ₂ , s ₂ are determined based on the amount of synonyms and the position to be converted in the same manner as in the case of homophones. , display control is performed based on this information,
Window displays such as those shown in FIGS. 7b and 8b are displayed on the display screen 57.

Note that the subsequent selection operation is exactly the same as the operation during the kana-kanji conversion described above, so a description thereof will be omitted.

As described above, reference word groups such as homophones and synonyms are displayed in the vicinity of the conversion target of the sentence being created using the multi-window technology.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, the present invention includes a window controller for displaying a group of reference words, and the window controller is configured to control the display of the conversion target characters of the sentence being created displayed on the display means. It is equipped with a holding means for holding the position and a position determining means for determining the display position of the window displaying the reference word group based on the holding means at a position near the character to be converted, so that it corresponds to the character to be converted. The reference word group is displayed in a window near the characters to be converted, so the operator does not have to move his/her line of sight significantly.
Moreover, since the reference word group is displayed in a window, even if it is displayed near the sentence being created, it is visually distinguishable from them, making it easier to select the reference word group, and improving the operability of the conversion process. is greatly improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a diagram showing a display example of the homophone selection operation during conventional kana-kanji conversion, Fig. 2 is a functional block diagram of the multi-window display that is the background of the present invention, and Fig. 3 is a display switch of the multi-window display. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention applied to a Japanese word processor, and FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example.
The figure shows an example of the display when selecting a homophone group displayed according to the present invention, Figure 6 shows the operation flow of an embodiment of the present invention, and Figures 7 and 8 respectively. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a synonym group which is another modification of this invention. 50...Central processing unit (CPU), 51...CRT controller, 52...Window controller, 5
4, 55...Frame memory, 57...CRT display screen, 62, 63...Character code buffer memory,
59...Dictionary, p ₁ , q ₁ , r ₁ , s ₁ , p ₂ , q ₂ , r ₂ , s ₂ ...
window address.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A first storage means for storing information on a text being created; a second storage means for storing a reference word group corresponding to a character to be converted from a dictionary at the time of creation of a text; a display means for displaying text information being created stored in a first storage means; and a window controller for displaying a group of reference words stored in the second storage means in a window on a display screen of the display means. The window controller further comprises a holding means for holding the displayed position of the conversion target character of the sentence being created displayed on the display means, and a window for displaying a group of reference words based on the holding means. position determining means for determining the display position of the character to be near the character to be converted, and displaying the reference word group stored in the second storage means near the text being created displayed on the display means. A display method in a text processing device characterized by the following. 2. A display method in a text processing device according to claim 1, wherein the reference word group is a homophone group at the time of kana-kanji conversion. 3. A display system in a text processing device according to claim 1, characterized in that the first candidate word of the group of reference words is displayed right next to the sentence being created.